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Science Art: Diagram of the Comparative Sizes of the...

The Guild of Scientific Troubadours ·

2025/12/29

This is one of the 10 illustrations by Dan Beard for John Jacob Aster’s book A Journey In Other Worlds. Well, actually it’s the one diagram. The other nine images show things … Read the rest “Science Art: Diagram of the Comparative Sizes of the Planets, 1895”The post Science Art: Diagram of the Comparative Sizes of the Planets, 1895 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Reversing Alzheimer’s? In mice at least….

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2025/12/25

Science Daily shared news from University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center about mice trials that demonstrate memories actually being restored as brain energy levels are brought … Read the rest “Reversing Alzheimer’s? In mice at least….”The post Reversing Alzheimer’s? In mice at least…. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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SONG: Nine Lives to Rigel Five (a penitential Game...

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2025/12/24

SONG: “Nine Lives to Rigel Five (a penitential Game Theory cover)”. (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: This is not based on scientific research; it’s a penitential… Read the rest “SONG: Nine Lives to Rigel Five (a penitential Game Theory cover)” The post SONG: Nine Lives to Rigel Five (a penitential Game Theory cover) first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: NIH- NCI cancer research

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2025/12/22

An image of a cell, a neoplasm, from the National Institute of Health’s National Library of Medicine, the “Images from the History of Medicine” collection. A “… Read the rest “Science Art: NIH- NCI cancer research” The post Science Art: NIH- NCI cancer research first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Hold fire in this house bubble wrap

The Guild of Scientific Troubadours ·

2025/12/20

Gizmodo had a piece on a new heat-insulating film that’s so efficient, you can hold open flames in your hands and not be burned:Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have … Read the rest “Hold fire in this house bubble wrap” The post Hold fire in this house bubble wrap first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Akrobati, Lokální těžiště a hmotnosti, 2016

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2025/12/14

Biomechanics, with acrobats. A photo illustration by Karel Frydrýšek. The description, translated from Czech, reads: “Four acrobats, chosen coordinate system, local center… Read the rest “Science Art: Akrobati, Lokální těžiště a hmotnosti, 2016” The post Science Art: Akrobati, Lokální těžiště a hmotnosti, 2016 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Bright lichens reveal dino bones

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2025/12/03

Science News reports on a colorful breakthrough in dinosaur hunting, thanks to two lichen species that prefer to grow on dinosaur bones and are a shade of orange that’s bright enough… Read the rest “Bright lichens reveal dino bones”The post Bright lichens reveal dino bones first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Butt breathing for when lungs fail

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2025/12/01

Science News reports on medical doctor and stem cell biologist Takanori Takebe’s quest to build a back-door alternative to invasive, awkward ventilator machines for pneumonia… Read the rest “Butt breathing for when lungs fail” The post Butt breathing for when lungs fail first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Thanksgiving Theremin: Which Theremin Should You Get?

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2025/11/28

Caroline Scruggs enthusiastically shares her five favorite theremins for beginners. The post Thanksgiving Theremin: Which Theremin Should You Get? first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Thanksgiving Theremin: Man or Astro-Man Live in...

The Guild of Scientific Troubadours ·

2025/11/27

Look for the theremin at 1:54… if you dare! The post Thanksgiving Theremin: Man or Astro-Man Live in Scotland, 1999 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Plate LXXXI from A natural history of...

The Guild of Scientific Troubadours ·

2025/11/23

These are English moths, of the geni Rhodophaea, Oncocera, Aphomia, Galleria, Melliphora, Halias and Sarrothripa. Each species in this book has a description like: The situations where … Read the rest “Science Art: Plate LXXXI from A natural history of British moths, 1872.” The post Science Art: Plate LXXXI from A natural history of British moths, 1872. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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No song for November

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2025/11/23

It is now vanishingly unlikely there will be a song here for November. December will have to have a penitential cover. The post No song for November first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Octopus color-changing pigment is recreated.

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2025/11/17

Science Alert reports on the latest superpower to be replicated in the lab with a UC San Diego team producing xanthommatin, the pigment chemical responsible for octopus’ amazing… Read the rest “Octopus color-changing pigment is recreated.” The post Octopus color-changing pigment is recreated. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: New Patent Hot Air Motors…, 1894

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2025/11/17

This is an ad from the back cover of Science Gossip magazine, a publication which I discovered via Nemfrog. These “hot-air motors” were made by “JOHN J. GRIFFIN &… Read the rest “Science Art: New Patent Hot Air Motors…, 1894”The post Science Art: New Patent Hot Air Motors…, 1894 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Snot drones for whale science

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2025/11/13

Knowable Magazine reports on a new use for remote-controlled drones — to collect DNA samples from whales blowing mucus out their blowholes, and to simply spy on whales from above… Read the rest “Snot drones for whale science” The post Snot drones for whale science first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: The Ophidian Eye in Vertical Section, 1942

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2025/11/10

When the snake sees, this is what the snake sees with. The snake in question is Natrix natrix, the barred grass snake. The image was “redrawn from Schwarz-Karsten, modified from original… Read the rest “Science Art: The Ophidian Eye in Vertical Section, 1942” The post Science Art: The Ophidian Eye in Vertical Section, 1942 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Eye implant reverses blindness

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2025/10/30

Nature reports on an electronic retinal implant that has successfully allowed people with age-related macular degeneration to see again: The implant, which measures 2 millimetres by … Read the rest “Eye implant reverses blindness” The post Eye implant reverses blindness first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Satellites are the weak link in keeping secrets.

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2025/10/30

Wired has an unsettling bit of tech reporting on how easy it is to see nearly all of our secrets with about $800 worth of equipment. Phone calls, internet searches, Signal chats, troop positions,… Read the rest “Satellites are the weak link in keeping secrets.” The post Satellites are the weak link in keeping secrets. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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SONG: What To Do (On mRNA Immune Checkpoint Blockade)

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2025/10/25

SONG: “What To Do (On mRNA Immune Checkpoint Blockade)”. (OGG version here.)ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine”… Read the rest “SONG: What To Do (On mRNA Immune Checkpoint Blockade)” The post SONG: What To Do (On mRNA Immune Checkpoint Blockade) first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Covid vaccine boosts life-saving cancer treatment.

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2025/10/23

Nature just released a “huh, go figure!” bit of preliminary research showing better outcomes for patients with melanoma or lung cancer who had a COVID-19 vaccination within… Read the rest “Covid vaccine boosts life-saving cancer treatment.” The post Covid vaccine boosts life-saving cancer treatment. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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